Genesis 21:29 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?”
Genesis 21:29 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 21:2912 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
אֶלʾelNear
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
מָהmāhWhat?
הֵנָּהhēnāhThemselves
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
כְּבָשֹׂתkəvāśōtEwe
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הִצַּבְתָּhiṣavətāStation
לְבַדָּנָהləvadānāhTo separation
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